Ruth 1:18

When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she ceased urging her to return.

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In The King James Version

When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.

In Context

17I will die where you die, and be buried there. May the Lord bring a curse upon me, if anything but death separate you and me.”

19So they journeyed on until they came to Bethlehem. Their arrival stirred the whole town, and the women said, “Can this be Naomi?”

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Cross References

Acts 21:14So, as he would not be persuaded, we said no more to him, only adding – “The Lord’s will be done.”

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:7-19

Naomi Returns to Canaan; Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law; Ruth's Constancy to Naomi. ( b. c. 1312.) 6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread. 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to… Read the whole commentary →

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